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EB-1 India Visa Bulletin November 2026: Cutoffs & Movement

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin November 2026: official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.

November 2026 is published. Shown: official November 2026 cutoffs, not a forecast. Check USCIS guidance for the filing month.

Issue: November 2026Data updated:

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin tracks the current Chart A and Chart B cutoff dates, USCIS filing-chart source, and recent 12/36-month movement.

Use this page as a crawlable, shareable reference for the category rather than a one-off filter state on the homepage.

Check your priority date against both charts before making a filing plan: Chart A is closer to final approval, while Chart B is only an I-485 filing window when USCIS allows it for the month.

Current official cutoffs

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B

Chart A: Final Action Dates

Feb 1, 2023Latest official issue: November 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 351 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 2222 days
View DOS source

Chart B: Dates for Filing

Jul 1, 2024Latest official issue: November 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 443 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1827 days
View DOS source

Movement history

Last 12 official cutoff rows

Positive movement means the cutoff advanced. Negative movement means retrogression. Blank movement usually means Current, Unavailable, or no comparable date.

IssueChart AChart A movementChart BChart B movement
November 2026Feb 1, 2023No changeJul 1, 2024No change
October 2026Feb 1, 2023Advanced 109 daysJul 1, 2024Advanced 213 days
September 2026Oct 15, 2022No changeDec 1, 2023No change
August 2026Oct 15, 2022No changeDec 1, 2023No change
July 2026Oct 15, 2022Retrogressed 61 daysDec 1, 2023No change
June 2026Dec 15, 2022Retrogressed 107 daysDec 1, 2023No change
May 2026Apr 1, 2023No changeDec 1, 2023No change
April 2026Apr 1, 2023Advanced 31 daysDec 1, 2023No change
March 2026Mar 1, 2023Advanced 28 daysDec 1, 2023Advanced 122 days
February 2026Feb 1, 2023No changeAug 1, 2023No change
January 2026Feb 1, 2023Advanced 323 daysAug 1, 2023Advanced 108 days
December 2025Mar 15, 2022Advanced 28 daysApr 15, 2023No change

Category background

Understanding EB-1 India Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls

Who actually files EB-1 from India

EB-1 covers three very different groups: extraordinary-ability applicants (EB-1A), outstanding professors and researchers (EB-1B), and multinational executives or managers (EB-1C). For Indian nationals, the practical mix skews heavily toward senior engineers and managers at multinationals plus academics who can document a research record.

A growing share of EB-1 India demand is defensive. As EB-2 India waits stretched past two decades, people who could plausibly build an EB-1A profile started doing exactly that — publishing, judging, leading — specifically to switch queues. That migration of demand is itself one reason EB-1 India no longer behaves like a fast lane.

Why EB-1 India is no longer automatically Current

Until around 2018, EB-1 India was Current in most bulletins. Since then it has carried a cutoff in most months, because India's 7% per-country share of roughly 40,000 worldwide EB-1 visas is small against the volume of upgrade demand described above.

Movement now depends on how much EB-1 demand the rest of the world leaves unused — leftover numbers flow to the oldest priority dates, which are overwhelmingly Indian and Chinese. The pattern to watch: stagnation or retrogression in July through September as the fiscal year's numbers run out, then a reset or jump in the October bulletin when the new year's supply arrives.

FAQ

Common questions

What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-1 India Visa Bulletin?

The EB-1 India Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff for November 2026 is Feb 1, 2023.

What is the current Chart B cutoff for EB-1 India Visa Bulletin?

The EB-1 India Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff for November 2026 is Jul 1, 2024. Whether Chart B can be used for I-485 filing still depends on the USCIS filing-chart guidance for the month.

Is this legal advice?

No. This is source-backed Visa Bulletin data and historical movement context from DOS and USCIS sources, not case-specific legal advice. Use it to compare your own priority date against Chart A and Chart B, then confirm the USCIS monthly filing-chart guidance before making a filing decision.

Official sources

DOS and USCIS source links

November 2026 — DOS Visa BulletinDOS Visa Bulletin archiveUSCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Charts

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